Milton man convicted of threatening Colorado school

Published: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 04:51 PM.

MILTON — A man charged with making threats against a Colorado school on the day of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., has been convicted of aggravated stalking.

Duane Scott Nancarrow, 47, faces up to five years in prison when he’s sentenced April 16, according to a news release from the State Attorney’s Office.

A Santa Rosa County jury heard testimony that Nancarrow, of Milton, called Colorado’s Monument Academy Charter School the day of the Sandy Handy shootings Dec. 15, 2012, and left the message, “You watch the TV and see what’s going on in Connecticut. That could happen there, too,” the news release said.

“Nancarrow was targeting a teacher at Monument Academy who was a friend of Nancarrow’s ex-wife,” according to the State Attorney’s Office.

Nancarrow’s call triggered a lockdown at the school that required elementary and preschool children to go into dark, cramped bathrooms and be completely silent until the threat could be verified, the news release said.

Alerted to the threatening phone calls, Santa Rosa County obtained Nancarrow’s phone records and learned that he had called the school 11 other times, the State Attorney’s Office reported. In addition, he had called Monument Academy teacher Richard Hart 40 times.

“Each time Nancarrow called he left obscene and threatening messages, including a recorded message on the school phone stating, ‘This is for Mr. Hart … I’ll put a bullet in your brain’ ” the news release said.

MILTON — A man charged with making threats against a Colorado school on the day of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., has been convicted of aggravated stalking.

Duane Scott Nancarrow, 47, faces up to five years in prison when he’s sentenced April 16, according to a news release from the State Attorney’s Office.

A Santa Rosa County jury heard testimony that Nancarrow, of Milton, called Colorado’s Monument Academy Charter School the day of the Sandy Handy shootings Dec. 15, 2012, and left the message, “You watch the TV and see what’s going on in Connecticut. That could happen there, too,” the news release said.

“Nancarrow was targeting a teacher at Monument Academy who was a friend of Nancarrow’s ex-wife,” according to the State Attorney’s Office.

Nancarrow’s call triggered a lockdown at the school that required elementary and preschool children to go into dark, cramped bathrooms and be completely silent until the threat could be verified, the news release said.

Alerted to the threatening phone calls, Santa Rosa County obtained Nancarrow’s phone records and learned that he had called the school 11 other times, the State Attorney’s Office reported. In addition, he had called Monument Academy teacher Richard Hart 40 times.

“Each time Nancarrow called he left obscene and threatening messages, including a recorded message on the school phone stating, ‘This is for Mr. Hart … I’ll put a bullet in your brain’ ” the news release said.